Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The
Kite Runner a beloved classic, the #1 New York Times bestseller A
Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty
years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship,
faith, and the salvation to be found in love.
"Just as good, if not better, than Khaled Hosseini's best-selling
first book, The Kite Runner."--Newsweek
Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel
that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers
today.
Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and
family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by
war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers
around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come
to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each
other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own
lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and
suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her
to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is
love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival.
A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting,
heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely
friendship, and an indestructible love.
